For me, I just try to make sure I eat enough and drink enough water and that's about it.

I've always liked to be the kind of drummer and musician who likes to go outside of what's expected of me.

In my last band, Soundgarden, I had a couple of different drummers sit in on some stuff and it was fun for me to kind of take a break and watch the band.

Creatively, I thought we were still viable and could do more records. But our working relationship just wasn't happening at all, and our chemistry as people broke down because of that.

I think every band is a little cautious when the drummer starts to write tunes.

My recording career has luckily run the gamut of recording environments.

So, I just kind of played the way I played and then eventually we kind of figured out what worked best for the band. So, I definitely changed my stuff up and I think we're playing really tight now.